diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DictBrowseDelegate.java b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DictBrowseDelegate.java
index 3f6aeee8f..8c660c8b6 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DictBrowseDelegate.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/java/org/eehouse/android/xw4/DictBrowseDelegate.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import android.content.DialogInterface;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
+import android.view.Menu;
 import android.view.MenuItem;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ public class DictBrowseDelegate extends DelegateBase
     private Spinner m_spinnerMin;
     private Spinner m_spinnerMax;
     private boolean m_newAlertShown;
+    private String m_desc;
 
     private class DictListAdapter extends BaseAdapter
         implements SectionIndexer {
@@ -258,12 +260,7 @@ public class DictBrowseDelegate extends DelegateBase
                 } )
                 .setExpanded( m_browseState.m_expanded );
 
-            String desc = XwJNI.dict_getDesc( m_dict );
-            if ( null != desc ) {
-                TextView view = (TextView)findViewById( R.id.desc );
-                view.setVisibility( View.VISIBLE );
-                view.setText( desc );
-            }
+            m_desc = XwJNI.dict_getDesc( m_dict );
 
             int[] ids = { R.id.button_useconfig, R.id.button_addBlank, };
             for ( int id : ids ) {
@@ -358,6 +355,14 @@ public class DictBrowseDelegate extends DelegateBase
         return dialog;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean onPrepareOptionsMenu( Menu menu )
+    {
+        Utils.setItemVisible( menu, R.id.dicts_shownote,
+                              null != m_desc );
+        return true;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean onOptionsItemSelected( MenuItem item )
     {
@@ -370,6 +375,11 @@ public class DictBrowseDelegate extends DelegateBase
         case R.id.dicts_showfaq:
             showFaq( FAQ_PARAMS );
             break;
+        case R.id.dicts_shownote:
+            makeOkOnlyBuilder( m_desc )
+                .setTitle(R.string.show_note_menu)
+                .show();
+            break;
         default:
             handled = false;
         }
diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/layout/dict_browser.xml b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/layout/dict_browser.xml
index f078587f0..8e8e136e5 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/layout/dict_browser.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/layout/dict_browser.xml
@@ -10,12 +10,6 @@
               android:layout_weight="1"
               >
 
-  <TextView android:id="@+id/desc"
-            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
-            android:visibility="gone"
-            />
-
   <!-- A summary followed by a hideable filter-config section -->
   <LinearLayout android:orientation="vertical"
                 android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/menu/dict_browse_menu.xml b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/menu/dict_browse_menu.xml
index 3abc2b2b1..9336bf45d 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/menu/dict_browse_menu.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/menu/dict_browse_menu.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
     <item android:id="@+id/dicts_showtiles"
           android:title="@string/show_tiles_menu"
           />
+    <item android:id="@+id/dicts_shownote"
+          android:title="@string/show_note_menu"
+          />
     <item android:id="@+id/dicts_showfaq"
           android:title="@string/button_faq"
           />
diff --git a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index cc8abdf44..00c6512f1 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -2611,4 +2611,6 @@
     <string name="mqtt_invite_title">MQTT Invitation</string>
     <string name="not_again_comms_mqtt">I’m experimenting with this
     as a replacement for the relay.</string>
+
+    <string name="show_note_menu">About Wordlist</string>
 </resources>